LSU's head coach, Kim Mulkey, defended Reese's actions on the 3rd hour of TODAY. 'She's not going to apologize for it,' the four-time title-winning coach said.
LSU's women's basketball head coach is the latest to weigh in on the burgeoning social media debate regarding what is deemed unsportsmanlike conduct and for whom.
Angel Reese did the "you can't see me" gesture toward Caitlin Clark in the April 2 championship game, in reference to Clark making the same gesture toward an opponent earlier in the tournament."Classless" trended on Twitter the morning of April 3, with more than 115,000 tweets mentioning the word. Clark's first name was also trending, with more than 24,000 tweets.with a video of Reese following Clark around and doing the gesture for at least eight seconds.
"Why are white athletes given much longer leashes when it comes to what constitutes as over-the-line behavior?" she asked on Twitter."Black athletes do it & they’re 'thugs' or 'classless' while white athletes do it & they’re 'competitive.'""She's not going to apologize for it," the four-time title-winning coach said.
Mulkey, who said she doesn't know what the gesture means, added,"If I ever have to get involved, she knows that. Don't misrepresent our university, don't make us look bad. But guys, social media is the world we live in, like it or not."
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